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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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